Swedish Citizenship does provide some guidance, however. It states that, in accordance with the proposal of the Council on Legislation (Lagrådet), the term “stateless” is used in the Government Bill instead of the term “involuntarily stateless”. The Bill then explains that, “stateless” refers to a person who is “involuntarily stateless” and who has not, him or herself, taken any measures to become stateless. A person’s potential possibilities of becoming a citizen in another country do not affect the assessment of whether the individual shall be considered as stateless.94 Section 1 of the Aliens Act contains the refugee definition in the Refugee Convention and consequently also refers to stateless persons as possible refugees.95 There is no specific status provided for stateless persons under Swedish law, and no dedicated statelessness determination procedure is in place. However, as statelessness in Sweden mostly arises in a migratory context, persons can be identified as stateless when applying for asylum, an immigration permit, naturalization, or when registering children born to stateless or foreign nationals in Sweden. Relevant provisions regarding these procedures and the rights of stateless persons are found inter alia in the Aliens Act,96 the Aliens Decree,97 the Act on Swedish Citizenship, the Decree on Swedish Citizenship, the Administrative Procedure Act,98 and in the Population Registration Act.99 3.3 Statelessness determination procedure or other procedures in which statelessness is determined Sweden does not have a specific statelessness determination procedure. Therefore it is necessary to look into the asylum, and other immigration, registration and naturalization procedures as it is through these that nationality, or lack thereof, can be identified to some degree. The majority of stateless persons enter Sweden through the asylum procedure, although it should be noted that a significant number of stateless persons in Sweden were born in the country, as indicated in Table 3 in Section 2.2.2.1. In the asylum procedure, the Asylum Unit of the SMA assesses an asylum-seeker’s nationality, or the lack thereof, within the context of establishing the applicant’s identity. When a foreigner applies for a residence permit outside of the asylum procedure, the Residence Permit Unit of the SMA assesses the nationality, or lack thereof, of the applicant as part of the establishment of the applicant’s identity within the procedure. Statelessness can also be identified in connection with a registration in the Swedish Population Register of an immigrant who has obtained a residence permit in Sweden, and in the context of registering the birth of a child in Sweden born to a registered parent. Finally, the Citizenship Unit of the SMA can make an assessment of nationality or statelessness when a notification or application for naturalization is made. 94 Regeringens proposition (1999/2000: 147), Lag om svenskt medborgarskap, p. 77. 95 Other references to statelessness in the Aliens Act can be found in Chapter 4, in the sections that refer to persons in need of other forms of international protection (Sections 2 and 2a), to cessation of refugee status (Section 5) and to travel documents (Section 4). 96 Utlänningslag (2005: 716), available at: https://goo.gl/Y8p9JZ. 97 Utlänningsförordning (2006: 97), available at: https://goo.gl/GpVPvx. 98 Förvaltningsprocesslag (1971: 291), available at: http://goo.gl/2K0sFc. 99 Folkbokföringslag (1991: 481), available at: http://goo.gl/pIOaeJ. UNHCR STOCKHOLM, 2016 33